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Food and beverage firms rank high for their recruitment processes. Image: Getty, Luis Alvarez

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Food and drink firms offer the best recruitment process

By Gwen Ridler

Food and drink firms are landing top talent thanks to offering some of the best candidate experience in the recruitment process, according to business management software specialist The Access Group.

Carlos Abrams-Rivera (left), and Miguel Patricio (right) (Photo: Business Wire)

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New boss at baked bean giant Kraft Heinz

By Gwen Ridler

Sauces and tinned vegetables giant Kraft Heinz has announced the appointment of Carlos Abrams-Rivera as its new chief executive, effective from 1 January 2024.

Ultimately, leadership is about people and, in particular, about having an emotional understanding of customers, of those working within the business, and of other key stakeholders.

The Talent Poole

Empathetic leadership

By Jon Poole

Jackie Bowen shares her experiences and views with ‘The Talent Poole' on empathetic leadership and what this means to her as executive director of the Clean Label Project.

Andy York on the motivation and impact of the organisation’s first-ever Human Rights Impact Assessment

Me & My Team

Human rights: working with teams across the supply chain

By Andy York

Like many large food companies, Pilgrim’s UK relies on multi-functional teams stretching across its supply chain. Here, Andy York, human rights manager, explains the motivation and impact of the organisation’s first-ever Human Rights Impact Assessment....

Stratagem on closures: “It's just a big domino effect of the current crisis we're in

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What’s driving food factory closures – and how to avoid them

By Bethan Grylls

With news of administrations, proposed closures and complete shutdowns haunting the headlines, Food Manufacture takes a deep dive into the drivers, whether this is a trend set to last and what businesses can do to turn things around.

Jemma Wills, customer service assistant at Dawn Foods with her children Phoebe and Owen

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Dawn opens doors to inspire young bakers

By Bethan Grylls

Dawn Foods has expanded its support of future bakers, opening its Evesham factory doors last month to several team members’ children for a fun-filled and educational day.

Beam Suntory, MycoTechnology and Company Shop have all announced senior appointments in the past week

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Senior appointments in food and drink

By Gwen Ridler

Drinks giant Beam Suntory, fermentation specialist MycoTechnology and food redistribution firm Company Shop have all announced senior appointments in the past week, covered in our latest round-up of people on the move in food and drink.

Tracey Hughes is no stranger to challenging times, taking on the role as MD of Henley Bridge shortly before the Covid pandemic hit

Me & My Team

Surviving hard times in business

By Tracey Hughes

Tracey Hughes, managing director of the sweet treat sourcing and suppling specialist, Henley Bridge, discusses how she has been leading a team through these tough times we’ve all felt.

Tim Rycroft will step down as AHDB chief executive at the end of the year

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Tim Rycroft to step down as AHDB boss

By Gwen Ridler

Agriculture and Horticulture Development Board (AHDB) chief executive Tim Rycroft has announced he will step down from the position at the end of the year.

This month, Jon Poole interviews Chris Kong, Better Nature Tempeh CEO, on how to be an entrepreneurial leader

The Talent Poole

Entrepreneurial leadership

By Jon Poole

Not all leaders are entrepreneurs, however, the behaviours demonstrated by entrepreneurial leaders can be highly impactful. This month, ‘The Talent Poole’ explores entrepreneurial behaviours with Chris Kong, chief executive of Better Nature.

Workers threaten to strike at Irn-Bru maker AG Barr's Cumbernauld production and distribution centre

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Strike action threatens summer stocks of Irn-Bru

By Gwen Ridler

Proposed strike action at AG Barr’s Cumbernauld production and distribution centre threatens to disrupt supplies of Irn-Bru this summer, according to Unite the Union.

Nimisha Raja has been awarded an MBE in the King's first birthday honours

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Nim’s founder receives royal seal of approval

By Gwen Ridler

Nimisha Raja, founder of Nim’s Fruit Crisps, has been awarded an MBE in King Charles' first ever birthday honours for her services to business and enterprise.

PlanEat's Protein Poppers take home the grand prize at last night's Ecotrophelia UK 2023

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University of Nottingham wow Ecotrophelia judges

By Bethan Grylls

A team of five students from the University of Nottingham have been announced the winners of Ecotrophelia UK, taking home a grand prize of £2,000 and the opportunity to represent the UK in the nationals in Europe.

Dera Crew's appointm,ent was brought forward a month after Menezes recovery suffered complications in hospital

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Diageo brings forward date of new CEO appointment

By Gwen Ridler

Drinks giant Diageo has accelerated the appointment of its first female chief executive, after current CEO Sir Ivan Menezes’ hospital recovery suffers a ‘significant setback’.

New jobs are set to be createrd at Kepak Merthyr

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Kepak to create 150 new jobs

By Gwen Ridler

Meat processor Kepak has announced plans to create 150 new jobs as part of a £16m planned investment into its Welsh meat plant.

Mohammad Koheeallee health and safety coordinator of CCEP (Left) with Bethan Grylls, editor of Food Manufacture (Right) at the Enfield site in North London

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How accessible is your manufacturing site for disabled workers?

By Bethan Grylls

Bethan Grylls hears from CCEP’s health and safety coordinator, Mohammad Koheeallee, about his experiences as a wheelchair user in the Coca-Cola Europacific Partners (CCEP) Edmonton manufacturing site and how business leaders could be thinking differently....

Stike action threatned to cause disruption at CCEP Wakefield Image Credit: Getty, vasiliki

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Strike action threatens supplies of Coca Cola

By Gwen Ridler

Strike action at Coca-Cola Europacific Partner’s (CCEP’s) Wakefield site threatens to disrupt supplies of the drinks firms’ most famous brands this summer, claims Unite the Union.

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